The Transgendered Project

The Transgendered Project

Riya Morrison arrives at the photo call for the Transformational Project with photographer Jen Rosenstein. Though born a boy, Morrison said she knew even at 3 years old that she was girl.

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The Transgendered Project

Riya Morrison arrives at the photo call for the Transformational Project with photographer Jen Rosenstein. Though born a boy, Morrison said she knew even at 3 years old that she was girl.

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The Transgendered Project

Riya Morrison's portrait for the "Transformational Project." After moving from Jamaica, Morrison is starting hormone therapy soon to complete her transition to living life as a woman. "Bob Marley said 'Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,'" she said. "In America, I have the chance to be free."

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The Transgendered Project

The photo call invitation at New York City's LGBT center. "This is a platform for the trans community to express themselves any way they want," said Jen Rosenstein of her "Transformational Project."

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The Transgendered Project

Temmie Nora Thames looks over the first volume of the "Transformational Project" with photographer Jen Rosenstein. Thames has never had herself photographed as a woman.

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The Transgendered Project

Temmie Nora Thames poses for photographer Jen Rosenstein. "I feel I can finally look in the mirror and love who I am," said the 53-year-old Thames.

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The Transgendered Project

Jaime Menjivar, 21, poses for the "Transformational Project." She goes by the name Karen but hides her identity as a woman from her family by dressing in men's clothes.

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The Transgendered Project

Abigail D., 43, poses for the "Transformational Project." She lives life as a transgender woman and says "You should be who you want to be."